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JARED WEISS
WE DONT KNOW THAT
WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE
WE DONT KNOW THAT
WE KNOW WHERE WERE GOING
ELLSWORTH GALLERY
215 E. Palace Ave.
April 17th- May 29th 2026
Opening Friday
April 17th 5-7 PM
"In my work, I paint familiar people and places as staged, performative scenes that resist
clear narratives. I see my figures as actors on a stage, performing." - Jared Weiss
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Artist Statement
In my work, I paint familiar people and places as staged, performative scenes that resist clear narratives. I see my figures as actors on a stage, performing. This stage can be real or artificial, and the embodied gestures can echo how our unconscious colors our actions in social space. With this, the production should create more questions than
answers. To me, the figures feel both unified and isolated, connected by proximity yet separated by intent. What is really transpiring is known only to them. In painting individuals that I know, I also hope to reflect and celebrate my community. I like to think that the figures are positioned between dance, protest, and ritual, attempting to influence social change in their performance. Whether they are successful is something that can’t be answered.
Bio
Jared Weiss is an artist and educator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His figurative works explore ideas of psychological narrative, ambiguity, and the complex relationship between one’s internal world and environment. Weiss’s applications of exaggerated color in deliberately gestural, layered brush strokes mimic the imperfections of sensory recall as memories mingle with layered fragments of the human psyche. Emerging from these layers are dream-like depictions of figures engaged in their own abstracted worlds, blurring with their surroundings in scenes somehow strangely familiar. Weiss received his BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor at the Santa Fe Community College where he heads the Drawing and Painting Program.
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